Torrent Pharmaceuticals
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| Type | Public (BSE: TORRENTPH) |
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| Industry | Pharmaceuticals |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Headquarters | Ahmedabad, India |
| Key people | Sudhir Mehta, Chairman |
| Revenue |  INR 16.16 billion (March 2009) |
| Net income | INR 1.84 billion (March 2009) |
| Employees | 4000 (2006) |
| Website | www.torrentpharma.com |
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is the flagship company of the Torrent Group. Based in Ahmedabad, it was promoted by U. N. Mehta initially as Trinity Laboratories Ltd. and was later renamed to its current name Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Torrent Pharmaceuticals operates in more than 50 countries with over 1000 product registrations globally.
Moreover, it has 7 fully owned subsidiares:
- Heumann Pharma GmbH & Co Generica KG, Germany
- Torrent Pharma GmbH, Germany
- Torrent do Brasil Ltda., Brazil
- ZAO Torrent Pharma, Russia
- Torrent Pharma Inc., United States
- Torrent Pharma Philippines Inc., Philippines
- Torrent Pharma Canada Inc., Canada
Torrent Pharmaceuticals acquired Heumann GmbH, a Pfizer group company in 2005.
[edit] Operations
The company's key areas are Formulations, API, Drug Discovery, Marketing and Sales of Drugs. Its operations locations are:
- Manufacturing plant at Chhatral, Near Kadi, in North of Gujarat
- Manufacturing plant at Baddi, Himachal Pradesh
- Manufacturing plant at Sikkim
- Manufacturing plant at Dahej, Gujarat (under progress)
- Research Centre, Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar region, Gujarat
- Corporate Office, off Ashram Road, Ahmedabad
[edit] External links
Torrent Group milestones
Torrent Pharma media reports
